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Canton of St. Gallen - Switzerland

Abbey of Saint Gall

The Abbey of Saint Gall (German: Fürstabtei St. Gallen) is a religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. The Carolingian-era Abbey has existed since 719 and became an independent principality during the 13th century, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It was founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. The library at the Abbey is one of the richest medieval libraries in the world.

Located at 47.4231, 9.37722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Abbey of Saint Gall, 8th-century establishments in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen, Visitor attractions in the canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, 1798 disestablishments, States and territories established in 1207, 613 establishments, Religious buildings completed in 1768, Benedictine monasteries in Switzerland, Carolingian architecture, Former associates of Switzerland, Monuments and memorials in Switzerland, Christian monasteries established in the 7th century, Irish monastic foundations in continental Europe, Imperial abbeys, World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

University of St. Gallen

The University of St. Gallen is a research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Established in 1898, it is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs. The University of St. Gallen is also known as HSG, which is an abbreviation of its former German name Handels-Hochschule St. Gallen. Despite being one of the smallest universities in Switzerland, the University of St.

Located at 47.4317, 9.37472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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University of St. Gallen, Universities in Switzerland, Educational institutions established in 1899, St. Gallen, Business schools in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen

Espenmoos

Espenmoos Stadium, is a football stadium in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It was the home ground of the FC St. Gallen until their current stadium AFG Arena opened in 2008. The stadium has since been demolished except for the main seated stand.

Located at 47.438, 9.3965 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Football venues in Switzerland, Defunct association football venues, St. Gallen, Multi-purpose stadiums in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen

Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn

Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The 7 km route links Rorschach with Heiden.

Located at 47.4461, 9.5375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Mountain railways, Former railway companies of Switzerland, Rack railways of Switzerland

Kreuzbleichhalle

Kreuzbleichhalle (Sporthalle Kreuzbleiche) is an indoor sporting arena located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena is 4,000 people. It hosted some matches at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship and is the home arena of the TSV St. Otmar team handball club.

Located at 47.42, 9.362 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Indoor arenas in Switzerland, Handball venues in Switzerland

Arbon District

Arbon District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It has a population of 52,894 (as of 31 December 2012). Its capital is the town of Arbon. The district contains the following municipalities:

Located at 47.5167, 9.43333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Districts of Thurgau

Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland

The Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland is the judicial authority to which decisions of the federal authorities of Switzerland can be appealed. The FAC's decisions can generally be appealed, in turn, to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.

Located at 47.4222, 9.35889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Federal courts of Switzerland, Administrative courts

Stoss Pass

Stoss Pass (el. 942 m. ) is a mountain pass between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.

Located at 47.3608, 9.495 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Mountain passes of Switzerland, Mountain passes of the Alps, Geography of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Geography of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport

St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport is an airport at Altenrhein in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. This small airport is located on the Swiss side of the Bodensee, also known as Lake Constance. The paved, eastbound runway is equipped with an Instrumental Landing System (ILS). The approach more often than not requires the use of ILS, due to the rapidly changing weather conditions of the Bodensee's environment.

Located at 47.4855, 9.56111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Airports in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen

Henry Dunant Museum

The Henry Dunant Museum is a museum in the Swiss town of Heiden, to preserve the memory and legacy of Henry Dunant, the Founder of the Red Cross Movement, who died in Heiden in 1910, after receiving the first-ever Nobel Prize for Peace in 1901. The Museum is situated in the nursing home where he lived from 1892 until his death.

Located at 47.4434, 9.53127 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Museums in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Henry Dunant, Biographical museums in Switzerland

Rheintal (Wahlkreis)

Rheintal (Swiss German for Rhine Valley) is a Wahlkreis of the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, formed under the new constitution of the canton on 10 June 2001. It consists largely of the former districts of Oberrheintal and Unterrheintal. The Wahlrkreis covers almost all the region of Vogtei Rheintal and later Rheintal District.

Located at 47.4667, 9.48333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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States and territories established in 2001, Constituencies of the canton of St. Gallen, Geography of the canton of St. Gallen

Sarganserland

The Sarganserland is a constituency (Wahlkreis) of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, with a population of 36,892. The constituency corresponds to the historical county of Sargans (13th to 15th century) and the later Landvogtei Sargans in the Old Swiss Confederacy (15th to 18th century). Part of the Canton of Linth in the Helvetic Republic, the Sarganserland together with Pfäfers was joined to the canton of St. Gallen at its formation in 1803.

Located at 47.4264, 9.37611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Constituencies of the canton of St. Gallen

Abbey library of Saint Gall

The Abbey Library of Saint Gall was founded by Saint Othmar, the founder of the Abbey of St. Gall. The library collection is the oldest in Switzerland, and is one of earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries, 1,650 incunabula (printed before 1500), and old printed books. The library holds almost 160,000 volumes. The manuscript B of the Nibelungenlied is kept here.

Located at 47.4228, 9.3764 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Abbey library of Saint Gall, Visitor attractions in the canton of St. Gallen, Libraries in Switzerland, Museums in Switzerland, World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

Theater St. Gallen

The Theater St. Gallen is a performing arts center for opera, musical, ballet, and theatre in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and considered to be the oldest professional theatre in Switzerland. Although the monks Tutilo and Notker already inspired briefly lay theatre in St. Gallen during the Middle Ages, theatre did not flourish for a long time because of moral concerns. In the early 19th century interest in theatre was reawakened.

Located at 47.4269, 9.38056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1968, St. Gallen, Theatres in Switzerland, Opera houses in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen, Performing arts centres, Visitor attractions in the canton of St. Gallen

Rorschach (Wahlkreis)

Rorschach (Wahlkreis) is a constituency in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wahlkreis has been established on June 10, 2001, totalling 40,454 inhabitants on an area of 50.37 km². Rorschach is the capital of the Wahlkreis.

Located at 47.4783, 9.4925 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Constituencies of the canton of St. Gallen

St. Gallen (Wahlkreis)

St. Gallen (Wahlkreis) is a constituency in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Wahlkreis has been established on June 10, 2001 with an area of 157.54 km . The Wahlkreis has its name by the city of St. Gallen.

Located at 47.4264, 9.37611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Constituencies of the canton of St. Gallen

Aach (river)

The Aach is a river in Arbon in Switzerland, formed by the confluence of two rivers, each about nine kilometers long. It flows through the city of Arbon and after almost two kilometers flows into Lake Constance The link road Arbon-Landquart crosses the Aach. Built in 1910, the bridge over the river was completely renovated for the first time in April 2006, after more than 90 years.

Located at 47.55, 9.38333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Rivers of Switzerland, Tributaries of Lake Constance

Meistersrüte

Meistersrüte is part of the district Appenzell Innerrhoden, c.a. 900 metres above sea level. It is a small village consisting of roughly 700 Inhabitants and has its own primary school, bakery, two carpenters, two builders,a furniture carpenter, a small 'bits and bobs' shop, a painter, several restaurants, a train stop (for the Appenzeller Bahnen- Sammelplatz) and an electrician.

Located at 47.345, 9.43 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Villages in Switzerland

Appenzell Castle

Appenzell Castle or Clanx Castle (German: Ruine Clanx or Burg zu Appenzell) is a ruined castle in the Appenzell District of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It is part of the Swiss heritage site of national significance. The castle is first mentioned in 1219 as in arce Clanx. It was built by the Abbot of St. Gall Ulrich von Sax (1204–20) and his brother, the Abbey-Vogt Heinrich. It was named after the Sax family holding in the Calanca valley.

Located at 47.3299, 9.40961 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Cultural property of national significance in Appenzell Innerrhoden, Castles in Switzerland, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell (town), Abbey of Saint Gall

Mammertshofen Castle

Mammertshofen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Roggwil of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Located at 47.4946, 9.39794 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Cultural property of national significance in Thurgau, Castles in Thurgau

Kleiner Hahnberg Castle

Kleiner Hahnberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Berg of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Located at 47.4947, 9.41587 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Cultural property of national significance in the canton of St. Gallen, Castles in the canton of St. Gallen

Romanshorn railway station

Romanshorn railway station is a railway station that serves the municipality of Romanshorn, in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. Opened in 1855, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. It forms the junction between the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway, the Schaffhausen–Rorschach railway and the Romanshorn–Nesslau Neu St. Johann railway. The SBB-CFF-FFS, THURBO and the Südostbahn operate both long-distance and regional traffic to and from the station. This traffic includes three St.

Located at 47.5656, 9.37944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Railway stations in the canton of Thurgau, Railway stations opened in 1855, Swiss Federal Railways stations, Romanshorn

Wegelin & Co

Wegelin & Co. is the oldest bank in Switzerland (and the 13th oldest in the world), but since January 2012 it no longer has any significant assets or operations and announced its intention to close in early 2013. The bank is located in St. Gallen in the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and specialized in private banking and asset management. Between 2002 and 2010, Wegelin & Co. assisted citizens of the United States in evading taxes on assets totalling over $1.2 billion.

Located at 47.4263, 9.3776 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Banks established in 1741, 2013 disestablishments in Switzerland, Banks disestablished in 2013, Banks of Switzerland, Organisations based in St. Gallen

Notenstein Privatbank

Notenstein Privatbank AG is a Swiss bank, active in the private banking and asset management segments, with ca. 700 employees. The bank was formed in 1968 as a subsidiary company of Wegelin & Co. named Notenstein AG. It was renamed Nettobank AG in 2010, then into Notenstein Privatbank AG in early 2012. At the same time, Wegelin & Co. transferred all its non-US clients and assets and most of its employees to Notenstein Privatbank.

Located at 47.4263, 9.3776 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Banks established in 1968, Banks of Switzerland, Organisations based in St. Gallen, Private equity firms

Kantonsspital St. Gallen

The Kantonsspital St. Gallen is the main hospital of the Canton of St. Gallen and the sixth largest of Switzerland. It lies in the center of St. Gallen, the capital of the canton.

Located at 47.4301, 9.38783 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen, Hospitals